Birth rates and the Vietnam draft

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 566-569

  Bitler, Marianne P ^a,b   Schmidt, Lucie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84863201979     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.3.566     Document Type: Conference Paper

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